Thursday, 5 November 2009

Short Time.

See to the sheepFieldMiscThu 05/11/2009 08:00Thu 05/11/2009 08:50 50 minutes1) Put out some minerals.2) Checked and counted the sheep.

Round up the bonfireVeg gardenMiscThu 05/11/2009 08:50Thu 05/11/2009 09:0010 minutesFound some larger bits of wood to give it some body and rounded up any unburnt rubbish from yesterday.

See to the greenhousesIndoorsThu 05/11/2009 09:00Thu 05/11/2009 10:001 hour1) Water and checked round.2) Re-potted some plants and moved from the conservatory to the greenhouse.3) Took off some dead leaves.

ShoppingGarden CentreMiscThu 05/11/2009 10:00Thu 05/11/2009 10:3535 minutesBought some Pansies for the churchyard and three grasses to add to the stone trough by the front door. These being different in form to the others already there.

Clearing upFlower borderMain GardenThu 05/11/2009 11:00Thu 05/11/2009 12:451.75 hoursTook off all the rubbish that I cut down yesterday. The thinking by some people is to leave it standing over Winter, unfortunately I’m not gifted with the imagination to see a lot of dead stalks as anything but a mess so they had to go.

NOTES1) During the winter I am working reduced hours. The reason’s being is that from March I work one hour extra everyday from 8:00 to 5:30. My contracted hours being 8:30 to 5:00, so for the next 5 months I get to work from 8:30 until 4:00. I find this makes better use of my time as there is never enough time in the summer and in Winter it’s hard to work properly after 4:00 because of the dark so you just end up passing time trying to keep warm.

COMMENTS FROM THE POTTING SHEDKimmie The only reason I hung up the Parsnip was to take a picture of it.

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I have been a gardener since leaving school at the age of 15. I got my initial training as a trainee gardener working for the Duke of Devonshire at Chatsworth House. I have been working for the past 10 years as a single gardener on a small country estate. I pride myself on being honest, reliable and hard working.